Smoking device



E. A. SANDLING 1,878,714 SMOKING DEVICE Filed Feb. 9, 1929 Sept. 20, 1932.

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My invention relates to smoking devices, and more particularly to a new and useful article of manufacture combining the functions of a holder and lighter for cigarettes,

cigars and tobacco in other forms suitable for smoking.

An object of my invention is to produce an article having in general the appearance and function of a cigarette holder, but provided also with concealed means for igniting the cigarette after it has been inserted in the holdor to be smoked.

A further object is to provide, in combination with the holder element, an igniter consisting of means for kindling a flame within the device from sparks generated by abrasion of a pyrophoric body, such for example as a cerium-iron alloy, together with alternative means for lighting the cigarette inside 30 the holder by means of an ordinary match in case depletion of fuel or pyrophoric material should render the pyrophorlc igniter temporarily inoperative.

A still further object is to provide such a combination holder and igniter as shall be novel and attractive in design, efiicient and durable, and one which may be inexpensively manufactured.

I l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will more clearly appear as the description proceeds, my invention consists in the novel arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawing forming part of this application for Letters Patent on which like reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section, greatly enlarged, of one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l; and V Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1. Referring to the drawing, and especially to Figure 1, the reference numeral 1 designates the holder for the cigarette 2, terminating in the usual mouthpiece 3. This holder is of customary form and may be made of any suitable material, as for example of we briar, hard rubber, bone, etc. The holder portion proper is of a length 'ust suflicient to contain, with its front end ush with the end of the holder portion, the article to be smoked, as fat example, in the embodiment illustrated, a standard size cigarette. The front end of the holder'is slightly reduced radially to receive the sleeve 4 of the igniter mechanism, which is held detachably in place on the holder by one or more spring catches 5. It will be apparent, therefore, that my device consists essentially of two parts, a holder and an igniter, which constitute, when the cigarette is being smoked, one complete whole, but which may be separated or disconnected to eject or insert a cigarette, or for cleaning purposes.

The igniter mechanism is preferably constructed entirely of metal and may be made in any desired shape. The one which l have chosen to illustrate in the accompangmg drawing is intended to represent the ca and jaws of an alligator. It will be understood, however, that this design is merelyby way of exemplification and in no way an essential characteristic. of the igniter element of my invention.

This igniter element consists essentially of a lower jaw 6 integral with or r1 'dly united to the sleeve 4, and an upper jaw pivoted to the sleeve 4 at 8, as best shown in Fig. 2. A vertical wall 9 divides the lower jaw into two parts, the fore art being a reservoir for a suitable liquid el, and the rear part housing the igniting mechanism groper. A horizontal lip 10 at the top of t e wall 9 is perforated to receive a guide rod 11 fixed into the upper jaw 7 and around which is coded a compression spring 12 which serves to mam tain the jaws normally apart. a To the rear of the wall 9 in the lower jaw there is provided a transverse shaft 13 uaon which is loosely journalled the assem ly shown in section in Fig. 3, COIlSlStlIlg of the following parts: outermost spur pinions 14, a cage 15, washers 16, an abrasive wheel 17, and a ratchet wheel 18. These parts are related as follows: Pinions 14 and cage 15 are soldered or studded together. Abrasive wheel Hand ratchet wheel 18 are likewise secured towick.

the shaft from the cage and pinion assembly by the loosely mounted washers 16.

Mounted on top of the cage 15 and projecting throu h an aperture therein to engage the ratchet w eel 18 is a pawl 19, so arranged as to permit only a clockwise rotation of the abrasive and ratchet wheels, as seen in Fig. 1. A pair of depending racks 20 secured to the upper jaw 7 mesh with the inions 14, which, it will be recalled, are fixed ast upon the cage 15. This cage terminates at its rear in a snufier cap 21 normally covering the tip of the wick 22 which projects from the wick tube 23. The latter communicates with a reservoir in the lower jaw which may be filled through a filler cap 24 with a suitable volatile liquid fuel, such as benzine, columbian spirits or the like.

Pressed against the abrasive wheel 17 by spring 25 under the control of an adjusting screw 26, all contained in a threaded tube 27,

is a flint 28 of any suitable pyrophoric material, as for example an iron-cerium alloy, the sparking properties of which, when abraded by a steel wheel, are well known.

From the foregoing explanation itwill be apparent that when the upper jaw is pressed down upon the lower jaw, the racks 20 will rotate pinions 14 and cage 15 in a clockwise.

direction as viewed in Fig. 1. This operation will lift the snufler cap 21 to uncover the tip of the wick 22, and simultaneously, b means of the awl and ratchet wheel, the a rasive wheel 1 will be rotated in contact with the flint 28'. The sparks thereby generated will kindle a flame on the uncoveredwick tip, from which in turn the cigarette 2, previously inserted in the holder 1, may be lighted.

The upper jaw 7 is then allowed to return to its normal open position under the influence of the spring 12, whereby racks 20 rotate pinions 14 and cage 15 in a counter-clockwise direction, causing the snufier cap 21 to close down 11 on and extinguish the flame on the uring this backward rotation of the I cage, pawl 19 slips over the teeth of ratchet wheel 18, which is held against backward rotation by the friction of the flint 28 upon the abrasive wheel 17 so that no sparks are struck and the parts may return to their normal positions readily and without waste of the flint. It should be noted that snuffer cap 21 is designed to fit snugly'down-upon wick tube 23 to prevent the giving off of objectionable fumes from the wick 22 at all times except when the jaws 6 and 7 are being pressed to ether in an igniting operation.

order to adapt the igniter mechanism for use with an ordinary match in case the supply of fuel or flint should become exhausted, a passageway 29, slightly greater in diameter than that of a match head, is provided in the sleeve 4 and holder 1. Through this passageway a match may be inserted s0 the igniting means.

that its head may contact with the rear portion of cage 15, which is provided with a rou hened surface 30. In this case, closing of -t e jaws 6 and 7 will light the match and consequently the cigarette 2.

Smoke vents 31 may be provided in the head and upper jaw in the form of small apertures made to resemble, in the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawing, the eyes and nostrils of an alligator.

It is to be understood that the word cigarette as used in the appended claims is intended to include, in addition to cigarettes properly so called, tobacco and its equivalents in any and all of the well known forms in which it is prepared for smoking, as for example, in cigars and in the comminuted state suitable for use in the bowl of a pipe.

holder adapted to contain a cigarette a pair of aws hinged to the holder, pyrophoric igniting means in one of the aws provided.

with a pinion, and a rack in the other jaw meshing with the pinion for operating the igniting means when the jaws are pressed together.

2. In a smoking device, a holder adapted to contain a cigarette, a sleeve fitted over one end of said holder, a wick carried in the sleeve having an exposed end arranged in close proximity to one end of the cigarette to be smoked, pyrophoric means for igniting the wick, and a snufi'er cap normally snugly covering the exposed end of the wick, together with means for simultaneously operating the igniting means and uncovering the wick.

3. A smoking device including a holder adapted to contain a cigarette, a member detachably received over one end of the holder, a wick carried by the member, means positioned in the member for igniting the wick, and an element pivoted to the member and adapted when rocked on its pivot to actuate 4. A smoking device including a holder adapted to contain a cigarette a member received over one end of the holder, a wick car ried by the member, igniting means mounted adjacent the wick, means for extinguishing a flame from the'wick, and a movable operating element adapted during one part of its movement to actuatethe igniting means and during another part of its movement to actuate the extinguishing means.

5. A smoking device as claimed in claim 4, j

in which the movable o eratin element is a lever pivoted to the mem er an adapted during movement in one direction to actuate the igniting means and during movement in a reverse direction to actuate the extinguishing means.

6; A smoking device as claimed in claim 4 in which the movable operating element is a lever, and which includes s ring means nor mally urging the extinguis ing means to 1ts extinguishing position and movable against the force of the spring means to render the extinguishing means inoperative and operate the igniting means.

7. In a smoking device comprising a holder, an igniting element mounted on the holder including a wick, pyrophoric means for igniting the wick, and a alr of jaws mounted on the holder, one jaw ing pivoted to the other adapted to operate the i niting means.

8 in a smoking device a ho der for a ci anette, a member secured to one end of holder comprisin a wick, a rotata le cage provided with a snufi'er cap for the wick, means for oscillating the cage, a pyrophoric body, an abrasive wheel contacting therewith, a pawl mounted on the cage and a ratchet wheel secured to the abrasive wheel to communicate uni-directional rotation to the abrasive wheel when the cage is oscillated. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

' ELMER A. SANDLING.

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